Arts Victoria: AIS 

Artists in Schools Program
6th floor, 2 Kavanagh Street South Melbourne VIC 3205
Phone: (03) 9954 5029
Freecall 1800 134 894 (Regional Victoria only)
Fax: (03) 9686 6186
Contact: Anna Kelly, Artists in Schools Program Officer
Email: anna.kelly@dpc.vic.gov.au
www.arts.vic.gov.au
http://www.arts.vic.gov.au/arts/funding/programs/June2006/artistsinschools.htm

The Artists in Schools program creates the opportunity for practising professional artists to work with young people in Victorian primary and secondary schools. It involves schools and communities in creative projects while providing students, teachers and artists with diverse and challenging learning experiences. The program generates innovative ways to engage students from Prep to Year 10 across all strands of the curriculum.

The Artists in Schools program provides grants of approx. $5,000 for artists to work in a school for up to 21 days. Applications from schools seeking funding are available from the website by 1 July and are due at Arts Victoria in late September for projects commencing in the following year.

There are many ways to involve artists in a school program. Artists in Schools projects provide opportunities to enrich the whole curriculum, not just the Arts. The Artists in Schools program provides innovative ways of engaging students in the middle years, professional development for teachers and improved learning outcomes for all. The Artists in Schools program accepts applications from Victorian primary and secondary government and non-government schools, including schools for students with special needs.

 Melbourne Symphony  Orchestra

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Katherine Kerezi - Manager, Education and Community Outreach
Pnone: (03) 9626 1115
Fax: (03) 9626 1101
Email: education@mso.com.au
www.mso.com.au

Classic Kids
Pre-school to year 2
Classic Kids introduces the instruments of the orchestra to young children in an exciting and interactive concert experience. Character presenters encourage the children to relate to the music and participate in accompanying activities.
Meet the Orchestra
Years 3 to 6
The unique sounds of the orchestra and its instruments are explored in Meet the Orchestra. As instruments are introduced and performance techniques described, so the power orchestral music has in communicating stories, images and emotions will become evident.
Meet the Music
Years 7 to 10
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s concert for secondary students, Meet the Music, will explore different musical techniques – the use of sound, colour, rhythm and texture – employed by some of the great composers.
Up Close and Musical
Years 10,11 and 12
The workshop performance Up Close and Musical provides specialist music students with the opportunity to experience an in-depth examination of composers’ ideas. With the MSO, the conductor/presenter will explore and demonstrate the use of compositional devices, musical style and structure using two major works of the orchestral repertoire.
Regional School Concerts
The MSO tours throughout regional Victoria presenting Classic Kids for pre-school and lower primary students, and Meet the Orchestra for upper primary and lower secondary students.
Open Rehearsals
Years 7 to 12
Four Melbourne Symphony Orchestra rehearsals are open for a strictly limited number of students to attend during the year. The opportunity to observe the MSO in rehearsal with international conductors and soloists is an experience not to be missed by any music student.
Community Outreach Program
The MSO Community Outreach program explores the capacity of a symphony orchestra to contribute to the lives of all members of schools and the wider community beyond the concert platform. It looks at the power of music to connect people, and creates opportunities for groups and individuals to interact and collaborate with musicians from the Orchestra in diverse ways. Current projects include short-term residencies in schools; partnerships with other arts organisations, including theatre companies and galleries; workshops alongside music therapists; and interactive performances in community centres and neighbourhood houses.

 Musica Viva In Schools 

Musica Viva In Schools
Victorian Office
PO Box 27
South Yarra VIC 3141
Tel/Fax: (03) 9645 0246
Tom Ryan - Victorian Manager, Musica Viva in Schools
Email: tomryan@mva.org.au
www.musicaviva.com.au

Musica Viva In Schools is a live music education program that goes into schools. The program is available to primary and secondary schools throughout Australia and Singapore. This exciting and integrated program offers:
~ Quality live performances in your school by professional musicians
~ Teaching and learning materials (including a book of activities and a CD)
~ Professional Development for primary teachers
~ Hands on workshops for secondary students with musicians

Musician in the Classroom
Designed to provide opportunities for students and teachers to wrok alongside high profile musicians in the classrooom on projects tailor-made to meet the needs of individual schools.
Composer in the Classroom
Teachers and students have the oprrotunity to work with leading performers and renowned composers using stimulus such as story telling, the environment and school and community issues. Studnets will create collaboratively devised works under the composer's guidance.
Professional Development for Secondary Teachers
In collaboration with the Victorian Arts Centre, we will run a course at the Arts Centre with our Balinese Gamelan, Byar on Teaching Indonesian Music in the secondary Classroom.
Australian Music Day
Designed to expose Years 9 ˆ 12 music students to Australian composers and composition, Australian Music Days give students personal contact with some of the country‚s finest composers.  In 2006, Musica Viva In Schools presents the first Australian Music Day in Melbourne with one of Australia‚s finest contemporary composers, Carl Vine and critically acclaimed Australian pianist, Michael Kieran Harvey.

Youthtix offers $12 student tickets to Musica Viva Australia's concerts 2006 at The Arts Centre, Hamer Hall. For further information call: (03) 9645 5088.

National Office, Sydney:
Tel: (02) 8394 6666 Fax: (02) 9698 3878
Email: musicaviva@mva.org.au

 OzOpera - Opera Australia 

Opera Australia’s OzOpera
Jennifer Kerr
Phone: (03) 9685 3718
Fax: (03) 9686 1441
Email: jennifer.kerr@opera-australia.org.au
Www: ozopera@opera-australia.org.au

OzOpera
Opera Australia's OzOpera performs year-round in communities large and small across Australia, and gives many people their first experience of opera. Its mission is to bring great opera to all Australians, regadless of where they live.

In 2008, the regional touring company of OzOpera presents a tour Puccini's Madame Butterfly to Victoria, New South Wales, Adelaide and Hobert.

Primary Schools
Each year, The Schools Company of OzOperaperforms to approximately 80,000 children in schools throughout Victoria and New South Wales. It is estimated that over one million primary school students have experienced performances by the Schools Company since the program commenced in 1978. The Schools Company offers easy access to the operatic artform, bringing classic opera stories to life in the classroom, with opera singers, costumes and a specially constructed touring set that will fit most multi-purpose rooms.
In 2008, Opera Australia's OzOpera is proud to present Cinderella, in primary schools across Victoria, and The Barber of Seville, in primary schools across New South Wales. The Victorian performances are available for bookings in terms 2-4.
For all Primary Schools Company booking enquiries contact:
Nexus Arts
PO Box 1009 Elsternwick Vic 3185
Phone 03 9528 3416
Fax 03 9523 6866
Freecall 1800 675 897 for country and interstate schools

Secondary Schools
OzOpera runs the Opera for Students program aimed at secondary school music students and teachers and is designed to complement a student’s attendance at a main-stage production. Teachers can make group bookings to selected Opera Australia performances at an attractive group discount, including complimentary seats for accompanying teachers.
OzOpera sends out teacher’s kits and recordings, including background information and classroom preparation activities with guided listening for use prior to attendance at the opera. Through the use of these kits, students will arrive at the State Theatre with a good understanding of the opera they are about to see and teachers will have the resources to develop this experience back in the classroom.
For all Secondary Opera For Students booking enquiries contact:
Ticketmaster7 group bookings - 9685 2477

Melbourne Opera Centre:
Cnr Fanning and Fawkner Street, Southbank VIC 3006
PO Box 389, South Melbourne 3205
Ph: (03) 9685 3777
Fax: (03) 9686 1441

 Victorian Arts Centre Education Programs 

Victorian Arts Centre Education Programs
100 St. Kilda Road Melbourne VIC 3004
Phone: (03) 9281 8000
Fax: (03) 9281 8282
www.theartscentre.net.au

Karen Keegan - ArtEd Program Manager (03) 9281 8589
Philip Norman - ArtsConnect9 Program Manager (03) 9281 8583
Lynda Smerdon - Manager, Education Workshop (03) 9281 8587
Email: Lynda Smerdon
Adrian Alexander - Alfred Brash SoundHouse Manager (03) 9281 8501
Robin Penty, Program Stream Manager (03) 9281 8768
Email: Robin Penty

Alfred Brash Sound House - Music technology and multimedia education for students. The internationally acclaimed music technology and multimedia education facility providing high quality programs.
Professional Development - Interactive arts programs for teachers. Focusing on performing and visual arts for teachers from across Victoria. The ideas and activities offered across areas include dance, drama, multi-media, theatre design, music, puppetry, story writing and performance. Specific software training is also offered through the Alfred Brash SoundHouse.
Workshops Incursions – Arts workshops in your school. A fantastic range of programs that give hands-on access to performance, dance,drama, music, design, visual arts, puppetry, circus and story writing. 
Performances – Performing arts at the Arts Centre.  A selection of extraordinary shows in 2007 as part of Performances, a program showcasing the finest performing arts experiences for primary and secondary students. 
ArtsConnect9 – Regional access to arts. A Victorian Government initiative to give Year 9 students in regional Victoria access to exciting arts experiences without the burden of travel costs 
Small Bites! – Combined Arts performance/workshops that come to the school.
A high-quality, thought-provoking performance and workshop experience for students in years 4 to 9.  
International Educator Workshop – World class imaginative learning.
The Arts Centre in partnership with New York’s Lincoln Centre Institute for the Arts and Education offers a stimulating week of artistic and educational discovery. 

 Regional Arts Victoria 

Regional Arts Victoria
PO Box 600 Port Melbourne 3207
Phone: (03) 9644 1800
Fax: (03) 9646 3832
Toll Free (Country Vic only): 1800 891 803
Emma Cochran, Program Manager
Email: ECochran@rav.net.au
Kim Hellard, Administration Officer
Email: khellard@rav.net.au
www.rav.net.au

Regional Arts Victoria is supported and endorsed by the Department of School Education. Each year RAV selects the highest quality affordable performing arts experiences for all students in Victoria regardless of size or geographic location, linking productions to the eight Key Learning Areas. Regional Arts Victoria aims to present issues using the widest possible range of art forms including music. Such experiences assist all students to develop aesthetic, cognitive, social and physical skills associated with their studies of the arts.

Comprehensive teachers notes accompany each of the primary and secondary school programs These notes detail pre-performance and follow-up activities so that students gain the most from the experience.